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Delaware Could Be Model for Other States, Even Nations, With Blockchain Program

On August 1, a Delaware measure made it explicitly legal for entities incorporated in the state to use blockchain for stock trading and record-keeping.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Federal Prosecutors Shut Out Winner's Defense, Asking Judge for Secret Ruling

Federal prosecutors want to present evidence against accused leaker Reality Winner to the presiding judge in secret and without showing their hand to the defense.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyers Begin Move to Corral Equifax Class Suits Into MDL

Lawyers suing over the Equifax data breach have turned to the Fair Credit Reporting Act--a statute the credit reporting agency has lobbied over--to bring class actions on behalf of 143 million potential victims.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Equifax Breach: Why This One Is Different

F. Paul Greene
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Do You Suffer From Cyberfatigue? Stay Vigilant

Have you become immune to the latest breach headline unless you might be personally impacted (or unless it offered the opportunity to watch "Game of Thrones" episodes early)? Tired of wondering if today is the day we get breached, hacked or held for ransom? Sick of knowing that there is no perfect ­solution to cybersecurity? Dumbfounded by the amount of resources that are being thrown at the issue with no guarantees that you won't suffer a catastrophic ­cyberevent? Fed up with trying to navigate the ­ever-expanding regulatory web impacting the use of data and cybersecurity? Confused by how much and what type of cyberinsurance to purchase? Welcome to cyberfatigue.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Hear Controversial UPMC Data Breach Case

The justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have agreed to hear a case alleging the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was liable for the theft of its employees' identities.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Equifax, Before Breach, Lobbied to Limit Class-Action Damages

In the months before revealing a data breach that potentially exposed the personal information of nearly half the adult U.S. population, Equifax Inc. turned to the firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington to help convince U.S. lawmakers to reduce penalties for companies that violated the federal fair credit-reporting law.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Equifax Hack Teaches Hard Lessons About Data Regulation and Incident Response

The credit bureau's leakage and widely reported missteps in its assessment tool could proffer a cautionary tale for other organizations.
16 minute read

National Law Journal

5 Things to Know About the First Wave of Equifax Actions

A major theme in the suits will be how Equifax, whose entire business as a credit reporting agency is to maintain personal and confidential data on individuals, wasn't prepared for hackers who have hit retailers and health care companies for that same information.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Opens Investigation Into Equifax Breach

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has opened an investigation into the Equifax credit reporting agency data breach that may have exposed 143 million Americans personal information.
7 minute read

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